Red Dot design award for the new generation Citea electric bus

04/07/2022 | Print view

The new generation of Citeas has already been sold to several countries and will be deployed in a number of cities and regions. - © VDL Bus & Coach — © VDL Bus & Coach

The new generation of Citeas has already been sold to several countries and will be deployed in a number of cities and regions.

The Red Dot Award in the ‘Product Design’ category was awarded to the new generation of the Citea electric bus from VDL Bus & Coach. The jury praised the “high design quality and excellent design”.

The Red Dot Award has been awarded annually in several categories since 1955 by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Essen, Germany. This year, the organisation had a record number of entries. The Red Dot Award for the new Citea generation will be presented on 20 June.

VDL Bus & Coach has won the award for the second time in its history. In 2017, the Red Dot Award also went to VDL, at the time to the VDL Citea SLFA Electric. The Dutch design agency Modyn, based in Geldermalsen, Netherlands, has played an important role in the design of the VDL Bus & Coach product range for many years.

Liveable City, the new generation of Citeas has already been sold to several countries and will be deployed in a number of cities and areas starting this year: The Netherlands (Eindhoven), Finland (Kotka and Lahti), Belgium (all of Flanders), Germany (Oberhausen) and France (Bordeaux). Currently, more than 1,000 electric VDL Citeas, delivered between 2015 and the first quarter of 2022, are in operation in 11 countries. VDL Bus & Coach is well on its way to 200 million electric kilometres of experience and expertise.

New generation Citea

VDL Bus & Coach has become one of the leading players in Europe in the field of e-mobility. Since the introduction of the first Citea SLF-120 Electric in Geneva, during the UITP Mobility & City Transport exhibition in 2013, VDL Bus & Coach has focused strongly on electric mobility. In 2021, VDL Bus & Coach presented the new generation of electric Citeas. Based on the VDL vision, a bus concept has been developed that is entirely based on an electric drive train and that is ready for the future, with zero emissions as a matter of course.

Batteries in the floor, a one-piece composite side wall, clever energy management, a sophisticated climate control system and an ergonomic driver's environment. With these five important innovations, VDL Bus & Coach introduces the new generation Citea product range, consisting of four length variants and five types. The range of the new generation of Citeas has improved significantly: all vehicles can cover a distance of 500 to 600 kilometres during their entire period of use. (mfo)